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Originally Posted by gideongallery
georgie did you not read post i made about java based bittorrent player
the point is the cost to stream the video to 1000 people is going to be the same as streaming it to 1.
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Yes and no.
Yes, I read about the Java bittorrent player, and what does that have to do with Flash? If a bittorrent player or system is seen as largely infringing, at least in the US it will face scrutiny: Napster, Grokster, Limewire.
And no, while RTMFP can use consuming peers as providers, for video it is much more realistic that the provider peers will be stations set up by the network. It's just more efficient for high bandwidth content like full video.
When Adobe talks about reducing bandwidth costs they are referring to build costs associated with scaled networks. It costs much less to build 100 small gateways than one really huge one. The network is still providing the bandwidth, but at much lower cost because the pipes are smaller.
As for Adobe developing a general bittorrent video player, anyone who believes that knows nothing about this company, or understands the RTMFP protocol that Adobe is promoting.
Adobe wants ALL the money. They have zero altruistic sense. Their aim is to own the platform, own the network, own the rights management that content providers use to secure their feeds. Traditional P2P lets money go to too many other people, so there's no point in them creating such a system.